What I learnt in the 1st Semester at NID_B ?

So what did I learn? Looking back I find that most of my learning was crammed into just a few important days.

Everything is design; learn from good design, learn from bad design.

Being a student of IID, You should learn to visually communicate your ideas, so that your design speaks and not you.

Tune your visual sense.

Read a lot to justify your choices.

Realize the importance of colour and type.

If you choose a medium, do things that justify the medium.

Dont fall in love with your first iteration.

Sketch, sketch and then sketch some more.

Think in Context and use a scale when designing products.

Get out of your mindset.

These are the most important things I learnt this semester and most of which was crammed into the 4 days of Jury. I am hoping to make the most of this one month holidays so that i can prepare myself for the next semester.. just noting down learning’s is not good enough.